# United Kingdom CPI item — Book - Fiction - Hard Cover ()

United Kingdom CPI item — Book - Fiction - Hard Cover () was up 2.0% year on year in September 2026, compared with 8.5% in August 2026.
The level stood at 112.1 (index (Jan=100, annually chain-linked)).
Over the past available history it has ranged from −12.2% (Jun 2026) to 12.7% (Mar 2026), averaging −1.1%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics (CPI item / consumption-segment indices)
- Makrognosis code: `UK.CPI.M.NSA.ITEM-630435`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: index (Jan=100, annually chain-linked)
- Coverage: 2025-02-01 to 2026-09-01 (20 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/cpi-item-book-fiction-hard-cover

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 112.1 | 2.0 |
| August 2026 | 124.5 | 8.5 |
| July 2026 | 118.3 | −3.7 |
| June 2026 | 116.2 | −12.2 |
| May 2026 | 113.7 | −10.5 |
| April 2026 | 114.5 | −4.9 |
| March 2026 | 127.7 | 12.7 |
| February 2026 | 115.1 | −1.0 |
| January 2026 | 85.32 | — |
| December 2025 | 111.7 | — |
| November 2025 | 118.5 | — |
| October 2025 | 120.3 | — |
| September 2025 | 109.9 | — |
| August 2025 | 114.8 | — |
| July 2025 | 122.8 | — |
| June 2025 | 132.4 | — |
| May 2025 | 127.0 | — |
| April 2025 | 120.3 | — |
| March 2025 | 113.3 | — |
| February 2025 | 116.3 | — |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.CPI.M.NSA.ITEM-630435"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.CPI.M.NSA.ITEM-630435",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```